<body lang=EN-GB style='tab-interval:36.0pt'> <div class=Section1> <div> <p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>Horizon Air has confirmed it will cease operating service on behalf of Frontier Airlines in just over two months.</p> <p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>The last of nine Bombardier CRJ700s previously allocated for Frontier <span class=SpellE><span class=spelle>JetExpress</span></span> operations will return to Horizon’s fleet once the feeder deal officially ends on December 1, says a Horizon spokeswoman.</p> <p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>While the returned aircraft will be operated on Horizon’s existing routes, mostly on the <st1:country-region u1:st="on"><st1:place u1:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">USA</st1:place></st1:country-region></st1:place></st1:country-region>’s west coast, the regionalhttp://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/Horizon-readies-to-end-Frontier-service-on-Dec-1-305769/

<P><STRONG>Frontier Airlines&nbsp;is a&nbsp;creature of the west, a feature that is reflected throughout the business, from the aircraft to the people to the company culture </STRONG></P> <P>One of the Western features that <EM>Airline Business</EM> enjoyed on a visit to the snow-bound Rocky Mountains to meet chief executive Jeff Potter and his team was the airline's wildlife motifs (<EM>see picture</EM>). Animal life of found through the West marks the airline. Each plane has an animal in very large portrait on its tail or vertical stabiliser and winglets of the carrier's all-Airbus fleet. Furry folks include Larry the Lynx, Grizwald the Bear, Foxy the Fox and Jack the Rabbit. Larry is a popular guy, because the airline has even named its new feeder service, Lynx, after him. Marine life also flies with Flip the Bottle-nosed Dolphin, and Joe, Jim, Jay and Gary, the Penguins. You can meet these guys and see them tell their tails, er tales, because they also act as spokescreatures for thttp://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/Potters-new-frontiers-212199/

<P>US regional airline Republic Airlines has signed for an additional 13 Embraer 170s after securing a new feeder deal with Frontier Airlines out of Denver.</P><P>The Indianapolis-based carrier will operate 17 of the 76-seaters for Frontier, and confirms that it "will be firming up [13] additional aircraft with Embraer". It will also assign a further four E-170s that are currently in its fleet, but have not been previously allocated to a codeshare partner. </P><P>The airline's first E-170 for Frontier will enter service in March with the last to be introduced in December 2008. Embraer says that the new orders were on option from Republic's initial order.</P><P>Republic - a division of Republic Airways Holdings, which has feeder deals with most of the US majors - has an 11-year feeder deal with Frontier, replacing incumbent regional jet operator Horizon Air. </P><P>The latter has operated as Frontier JetExpress but its agreement to operate nine 70-seat Bombardier CRJ700s will expire withttp://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/Frontier-deal-signals-E-170-additions-211540/

<body lang=EN-US style='tab-interval:.5in'> <div class=Section1> <div> <div> <div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>Republic Airways Holdings subsidiary Republic Airlines is adding 13 <span class=spelle>Embraer</span> 170 aircraft to facilitate a new 11-year feeder deal with Frontier Airlines that requires the Indianapolis, Indiana-based carrier to operate a total 17 of the 76-seat regional jets for the low-cost carrier.</p> <p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>A Republic spokesman confirms to <i style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'>ATI</i> that the carrier “will be firming up [13] additional aircraft with <span class=spelle>Embraer</span>” and assigning a further four E-170s that are currently in the Republic fleet but have not been previously allocated to a <span class=spelle>codeshare</span> partner. </p> <p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-mhttp://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/Republic-adding-13-E-170s-after-winning-Frontier-feeder-304091/